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Taylor, Sara – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2021
After high school, the outcomes for youth with disabilities fail to keep up with their typically developing peers. Participation in post-secondary education, hourly earnings, and engagement in either education or employment up to six years after high school are all lower than the general population (Cameto et al., 2011). A researcher-developed…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, College Students, Postsecondary Education, Learning Disabilities
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Gil-Kashiwabara, Eleanor; Geenen, Sarah; Powers, Laurie E. – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2012
This study investigated whether Latina youth in special education and parents of Latinas in special education differ from their Anglo counterparts regarding transition expectations and experiences, and experiences of self-determination. Surveys were completed by 211 transition-aged Anglo and Latina females, and parents of Anglo girls and Latinas…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Hispanic American Students, White Students
Greene, Gary – Brookes Publishing Company, 2011
Too often, culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) youth with disabilities have a tougher road to adulthood than their Caucasian peers with disabilities. Reverse the odds with this concise how-to book, the first guide to easing the complex transition process for CLD students with a wide range of special needs. A veteran trainer of transition…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Disabilities, Young Adults
Lucas, Tamara – High School Magazine, 1999
Transition stress is intensified for students entering not just a new school, but a new country. Educators can help adolescent immigrants by providing access to information, supporting English language and academic development (via newcomer schools and sheltered English content programs), and promoting access to postsecondary education. (MLH)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Access to Information, Acculturation, Adolescents
Jackson, Ann, Ed.; Jones, David, Ed. – 2000
This document contains 43 papers from a conference on researching inclusion. The following are among the papers included: "Include Me Out: Critique and Contradiction in Thinking about Social Exclusion and Lifelong Learning" (Paul Armstrong); "The Linking of Work and Education To Enable Social Inclusion" (Dave Beck);…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Admission Criteria